Jonah Lowenfeld
Student newspaper finalist for national prize
On Sept. 21, the day the space shuttle Endeavour flew past local landmarks on its way to Los Angeles International Airport, every media outlet in the city had dispatched multiple reporters to look to the skies.
Once dreaming of a Hebrew charter school, now only Mandarin is offered
When the Albert Einstein Academy for Letters, Arts and Sciences (AEA) opened in August 2010, part of the draw for parents was the chance for students at the Santa Clarita charter middle and high school to study Hebrew. Since then, AEA backers have submitted petitions to set up elementary schools in the Newhall School District, Los Angeles Unified School District and Ventura Unified School District, without success. In August 2012, a revised version of its twice-rejected petition for an elementary charter was submitted to the Saugus Union School District in Santa Clarita. Among the changes in the newest version was eliminating offering Hebrew at the school, at least initially.
After founder’s death, changes at Israel-Christian Nexus
The Israel-Christian Nexus (ICN), a 10-year-old organization whose mission is to galvanize support for Israel by connecting American Evangelical Christian leaders and laypeople with their American Jewish counterparts, has named a new leadership team that includes Jacob Dayan, who served as Israeli Consul General in Los Angeles from 2007 until 2011.
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